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Posted by Phoebe Roberts, EA, CPA on June 5, 2007, 3:19 pm
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> I'm considering a career change, and am giving some thought
> to going into taxation as a full-time job. My experience in
> taxation is as a tax preparer for Block, a local bank, and a
> local accountant (sequentially, not simultaneously) for 15
> years. My bachelor's is in political science with no
> business courses except economics.
In your shoes, I'd sit for the EA exam (technically the
Special Enrollment Exam). Relatively fast, relatively
inexpensive, and it gives you a solid tax credential. An
employer who doesn't want CPAs only IMHO would value it more
than a degree (because you can represent clients before the
IRS as an EA, but not with just as master's in tax), and an
employer who wants CPAs only isn't going to care if you have
a master's in tax.
FWIW, I've got a BA in Psychology, and have been an EA for
~8 years. In 2005, I went back to school for accounting
hours (48 hours but no additional degree) and sat for the
CPA exam this past January & February. We only do tax (no
traditional accounting or attest work), so it was more for
sucession planning and to improve my compensation should I
want to work elsewhere. Oklahoma has no audit experience
requirement, so all I needed was to get my hours and sit for
the exam.
Phoebe :)
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